White-toothed shrew

White-toothed shrew
The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.
The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike that of the red-toothed shrews. These species are typically found in Africa and southern Europe and Asia. This subfamily includes the largest shrew, the Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus, at about 15 cm in length, and the smallest, the Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, at about 3.5 cm in length and 2 grams in weight. The latter is possibly the world's smallest extant mammal, although some give this title to the bumblebee bat. Crocidura contains the most species of any mammal genus.
When young must be moved before they are independent, mother and young form a chain or "caravan" where each animal hangs on to the rear of the one in front. This behaviour has also been observed in some Sorex species.
List of species
Subfamily Crocidurinae
Genus Crocidura (white-toothed shrews)
Mysterious shrew, Crocidura abscondita
Sanetti shrew, Crocidura afeworkbekelei
Cyrenaica shrew, Crocidura aleksandrisi
East African highland shrew, Crocidura allex
Andaman shrew, Crocidura andamanensis
Anhui white-toothed shrew, Crocidura anhuiensis
Annamite shrew, Crocidura annamitensis
Ansell's shrew, Crocidura ansellorum
Arabian shrew, Crocidura arabica
Jackass shrew, Crocidura arispa
Armenian shrew, Crocidura armenica
Asian gray shrew, Crocidura attenuata
Hun shrew, Crocidura attila
Bailey's shrew, Crocidura baileyi
Kinabalu shrew, Crocidura baluensis
Batak shrew, Crocidura batakorum
Bates's shrew, Crocidura batesi
Mindanao shrew, Crocidura beatus
Beccari's shrew, Crocidura beccarii
Bottego's shrew, Crocidura bottegi
Bale shrew, Crocidura bottegoides
Thick-tailed shrew, Crocidura brunnea
Buettikofer's shrew, Crocidura buettikoferi
African dusky shrew, Crocidura caliginea
Canarian shrew, Crocidura canariensis
Caspian shrew, Crocidura caspica
Sulawesi hairy-tailed shrew, Crocidura caudipilosa
Cinderella shrew, Crocidura cinderella
Congo white-toothed shrew, Crocidura congobelgica
Cranbrook's shrew, Crocidura cranbooki
Long-footed shrew, Crocidura crenata
Crosse's shrew, Crocidura crossei
Reddish-gray musk shrew, Crocidura cyanea
Dent's shrew, Crocidura denti
Desperate shrew, Crocidura desperata
Dhofar shrew, Crocidura dhofarensis
Long-tailed musk shrew, Crocidura dolichura
Dongjiangyuan white-toothed shrew, Crocidura dongyangjiangensis
Doucet's musk shrew, Crocidura douceti
Dracula shrew, Crocidura dracula
Dsinezumi shrew, Crocidura dsinezumi
Ivory Coast white-toothed shrew, Crocidura eburnea
Eisentraut's shrew, Crocidura eisentrauti
Elgon shrew, Crocidura elgonius
Elongated shrew, Crocidura elongata
Heather shrew, Crocidura erica
Fingui white-toothed shrew, Crocidura fingui
Fischer's shrew, Crocidura fischeri
Greater red musk shrew, Crocidura flavescens
Flower's shrew, Crocidura floweri
Bornean shrew, Crocidura foetida
Fox's shrew, Crocidura foxi
Southeast Asian shrew, Crocidura fuliginosa
Savanna shrew, Crocidura fulvastra
Smoky white-toothed shrew, Crocidura fumosa
Bicolored musk shrew, Crocidura fuscomurina
Gathorne's shrew, Crocidura gathornei
Glass's shrew, Crocidura glassi
Gmelin's white-toothed shrew, Crocidura gmelini
Goliath shrew, Crocidura goliath
Peters's musk shrew, Crocidura gracilipes
Large-headed shrew, Crocidura grandiceps
Greater Mindanao shrew, Crocidura grandis
Grasse's shrew, Crocidura grassei
Luzon shrew, Crocidura grayi
Greenwood's shrew, Crocidura greenwoodi
Güldenstädt's shrew, Crocidura gueldenstaedtii
Guy's shrew, Crocidura guy
Harenna shrew, Crocidura harenna
Sinharaja shrew, Crocidura hikmiya*
Hildegarde's shrew, Crocidura hildegardeae
Hill's shrew, Crocidura hilliana
Lesser red musk shrew, Crocidura hirta
Andaman spiny shrew, Crocidura hispida
Horsfield's shrew, Crocidura horsfieldii
Hutan shrew, Crocidura hutanis
Indochinese shrew, Crocidura indochinensis
Jackson's shrew, Crocidura jacksoni
Jenkins' shrew, Crocidura jenkinsi
Jouvenet's shrew, Crocidura jouvenetae
Katinka's shrew, Crocidura katinka
Kego shrew, Crocidura kegoensis
Kivu shrew, Crocidura kivuana
Lamotte's shrew, Crocidura lamottei
Kivu long-haired shrew, Crocidura lanosa
Ussuri white-toothed shrew, Crocidura lasiura
Latona's shrew, Crocidura latona
Sulawesi shrew, Crocidura lea
Sumatran giant shrew, Crocidura lepidura
Bicolored shrew, Crocidura leucodon
Sulawesi tiny shrew, Crocidura levicula
Naked-tail shrew, Crocidura littoralis
Savanna swamp shrew, Crocidura longipes
Lucina's shrew, Crocidura lucina
Ludia's shrew, Crocidura ludia
Moonshine shrew(Crocidura luna
Mauritanian shrew, Crocidura lusitania
Lwiro shrew, Crocidura lwiroensis
MacArthur's shrew, Crocidura macarthuri
MacMillan's shrew, Crocidura macmillani
Nyiro shrew, Crocidura macowi
Malayan shrew, Crocidura malayana
Manenguba shrew, Crocidura manengubae
Makwassie musk shrew, Crocidura maquassiensis
Swamp musk shrew, Crocidura mariquensis
Gracile naked-tailed shrew, Crocidura maurisca
Javanese shrew, Crocidura maxi
Mduma's shrew, Crocidura mdumai
Mindoro shrew, Crocidura mindorus
Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew, Crocidura miya
Kilimanjaro shrew, Crocidura monax
Sunda shrew, Crocidura monticola
Montane white-toothed shrew, Crocidura montis
Munissi’s shrew, Crocidura munissii
West African long-tailed shrew, Crocidura muricauda
Mossy forest shrew, Crocidura musseri
Ugandan musk shrew, Crocidura mutesae
Somali dwarf shrew, Crocidura nana
Savanna dwarf shrew, Crocidura nanilla
Narcondam shrew, Crocidura narcondamica
Sumatran white-toothed shrew, Crocidura neglecta
Peninsular shrew, Crocidura negligens
Negros shrew, Crocidura negrina
Newmark's shrew, Crocidura newmarki
Nicobar shrew, Crocidura nicobarica
Nigerian shrew, Crocidura nigeriae
Blackish white-toothed shrew, Crocidura nigricans
Black-footed shrew, Crocidura nigripes
African black shrew, Crocidura nigrofusca
Nimba shrew, Crocidura nimbae
Nimba giant shrew, Crocidura nimbasilvanus
Sibuyan shrew, Crocidura ninoyi
Niobe's shrew, Crocidura niobe
West African pygmy shrew, Crocidura obscurior
African giant shrew, Crocidura olivieri
Oriental shrew, Crocidura orientalis
Ryukyu shrew, Crocidura orii
North African white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pachyura
Palawan shrew, Crocidura palawanensis
Panay shrew, Crocidura panayensis
Sumatran long-tailed shrew, Crocidura paradoxura
Small-footed shrew, Crocidura parvipes
Sahelian tiny shrew, Crocidura pasha
Pale gray shrew, Crocidura pergrisea
Guramba shrew, Crocidura phaeura
Dr. Phan Luong shrew, Crocidura phanluongi
Phu Hoc shrew, Crocidura phuquocensis
Cameroonian shrew, Crocidura picea
Pitman's shrew, Crocidura pitmani
Flat-headed shrew, Crocidura planiceps
Fraser's musk shrew, Crocidura poensis
Polia's shrew, Crocidura polia
Kashmir white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pullata
Rainey's shrew, Crocidura raineyi
Negev shrew, Crocidura ramona
Chinese white-toothed shrew, Crocidura rapax
Egyptian pygmy shrew, Crocidura religiosa
Sulawesi white-handed shrew, Crocidura rhoditis
Roosevelt's shrew, Crocidura roosevelti
Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula
Sa Pa shrew, Crocidura sapaensis
Ugandan lowland shrew, Crocidura selina
Lesser rock shrew, Crocidura serezkyensis
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura shantungensis
Siberian shrew, Crocidura sibirica
Sicilian shrew, Crocidura sicula
Lesser gray-brown musk shrew, Crocidura silacea
Mebado white-toothed shrew, Crocidura similturba
Desert musk shrew, Crocidura smithii
Sokolov's shrew, Crocidura sokolovi
Somali shrew, Crocidura somalica
Narrow-headed shrew, Crocidura stenocephala
Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens
Iranian shrew, Crocidura susiana
Taiwanese gray shrew, Crocidura tanakae
Tanzanian shrew, Crocidura tansaniana
Tarella shrew, Crocidura tarella
Saharan shrew, Crocidura tarfayensis
Telford's shrew, Crocidura telfordi
Timor shrew, Crocidura tenuis
Thalia's shrew, Crocidura thalia
Therese's shrew, Crocidura theresae
São Tomé shrew, Crocidura thomensis
Christmas Island shrew, Crocidura trichura
Turbo shrew, Crocidura turba
Ultimate shrew, Crocidura ultima
Javan ghost shrew, Crocidura umbra
Usambara shrew, Crocidura usambarae
Savanna path shrew, Crocidura viaria
Mamfe shrew, Crocidura virgata
Voi shrew, Crocidura voi
Voracious shrew, Crocidura vorax
Banka shrew, Crocidura vosmaeri
Lesser Ryukyu shrew, Crocidura watasei
Whitaker's shrew, Crocidura whitakeri
Wimmer's shrew, Crocidura wimmeri
Hainan Island shrew, Crocidura wuchihensis
Xanthippe's shrew, Crocidura xantippe
Beletta shrew, Crocidura yaldeni
Yankari shrew, Crocidura yankariensis
Mikhail Zaitsev’s shrew, Crocidura zaitsevi*
Zaphir's shrew, Crocidura zaphiri
Zarudny's rock shrew, Crocidura zarudnyi
Upemba shrew, Crocidura zimmeri
Cretan shrew, Crocidura zimmermanni
Genus Diplomesodon
Piebald shrew, Diplomesodon pulchellum
Genus Feroculus
Kelaart's long-clawed shrew, Feroculus feroculus
Genus Palawanosorex
Palawan moss shrew, Palawanosorex muscorum
Genus Paracrocidura (large-headed shrews)
Grauer's large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura graueri
Greater large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura maxima
Lesser large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura schoutedeni
Genus Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori shrew, Ruwenzorisorex suncoides
Genus Scutisorex
Armored shrew, Scutisorex somereni
Thor's hero shrew, Scutisorex thori
Genus Solisorex
Pearson's long-clawed shrew, Solisorex pearsoni
Genus Suncus
Taita shrew, Suncus aequatorius
Black shrew, Suncus ater
Day's shrew, Suncus dayi
Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus
Sri Lankan shrew, Suncus fellowesgordoni
Bornean pygmy shrew, Suncus hosei
Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, Suncus hututsi
Least dwarf shrew, Suncus infinitesimus
Greater dwarf shrew, Suncus lixa
Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis
Malayan pygmy shrew, Suncus malayanus
Climbing shrew, Suncus megalurus
Flores shrew, Suncus mertensi
Asian highland shrew, Suncus montanus
Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus
Remy's pygmy shrew, Suncus remyi
Anderson's shrew, Suncus stoliczkanus
Lesser dwarf shrew, Suncus varilla
Jungle shrew, Suncus zeylanicus
Genus Sylvisorex, forest shrews
Akaibe's forest shrew, Sylvisorex akaibei
Cameroonian forest shrew, Sylvisorex cameruniensis
Corbet's forest shrew, Sylvisorex corbeti
Grant's forest shrew, Sylvisorex granti
Howell's forest shrew, Sylvisorex howelli
Bioko forest shrew, Sylvisorex isabellae
Johnston's forest shrew, Sylvisorex johnstoni
Kongana shrew, Sylvisorex konganensis
Moon forest shrew, Sylvisorex lunaris
Mount Cameroon forest shrew, Sylvisorex morio
Greater forest shrew, Sylvisorex ollula
Lesser forest shrew, Sylvisorex oriundus
Rain forest shrew, Sylvisorex pluvialis
Bamenda forest shrew, Sylvisorex silvanorum
Volcano shrew, Sylvisorex vulcanorum
See also
Imjin virus
References
White-toothed shrews